Lamp-shade.



T.-D,. FINIZIO. i LAMP SHADE.

A lfLlcATloN man www, 1.915.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

` Improvements inl Lamp-Shades, of which narran srarns rara eration.

THOMAS D. FINIZIO, OF NEW `YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KURZ ELECTRICAL COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LAMP-SHADE.

T0 all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS D. FINizro, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at New York city, Bronx county, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful the following isa full, clear, and exact d escription.

This invention relates to an ,improvement in lamp-shades, but more particularly-to shades for electric lamps.

The object of the invention is to provide a shade having a pivotal frictionally resisted connection with thel bracket for securing the shade to the' lamp, the said bracket being arranged to releasably grip the metal portion of the lamp.

A further object is to provide a lampshade embodying the features above mentioned that can be cheaply manufactured and easily applied.

' tion in detail, the essential features of which gli will be summarized inv thewappended claim,

reference being had to the -,accompanying drawing, forming part hereof; wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary electric-light bulb having my improved Shade applied thereto, the said shade being brokenv away to show the connection between the shade and clamp or supportingmedium therefor. Fig.'2, is a detail view of my improved' shade; Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one form 'of the gripping end of my improved shade-clamp; and Fig. 4 is a similar view of another form of shade clamp.

In the drawing, an electric-lamp bulb is indicated by 1, while 2 indicates a common form of wall-socket therefor. My improved shade consists of a hemispherical cup 3 secured to a bracket 4.- preferably made out of a single lstrand of wire of any suitable re silient metal.

The bracket @consists of a resilient clamping portion 5 and resilient arms 6 which are pivotally connected to the shade 3 (in The resilient bracket 4 consists of a plurality of oppositely directed loops arranged to form a jaw 8 (Fig. 3), the oppositely di- Specification of Letters Patent. Patgng Aug, '19, 1g15.

Application filed May 10, 1915. Serial No. 27.281.

rected loops referred to being indicated by the numerals 9 and 10, 9iL and 10a. member 11 of the clamp which forms one side of the loops 10 and 10a is continuous and is of such a length as to extend substantially half way around the metal body portion 11 of a standard size lamp 1. The Y loops'9 and 9, which are curved to correspond with the curvature of the member or portion 11, extend toward each other, but do not meet. By this construction the clamp portion 5 can be formed so as to firmly grip the body of the lamp, as its members, the loops referred to, will be yieldable. rIhe arms 6 of the bracket 4l are yieldable and are, when placed in the shade 3- for securement,

ypressed toward each other, or in other words',

sprung into the shade 3. By means of this feature, the arms 6 will always tend to spring outwardly and press against the shade 3, thereby providing a frictional contact which will prevent the shade from moving too freely, even though the riveted con` the lamp socket, or of any other cylindrical l part which may be'substituted for the latter,

it follows that there is no impediment to turning said bracket around the said socket withoutl separation therefrom, thus carrying the lamp-shade around the axial line of the socket and lamp. Also, the bracket and shade may be detached at will by the eXestion of a little' force in spreading ,apart tlie loops of the resilient clamping portion of said bracket. The open loops 10, 10YL pre- ',sent much broader and more eiiicient frictional surfacethan would two bars in contact with each other.

Having now described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

lp combination with a lamp shade and a cylindrical device below the same, a resilient bracket in one piece consisting of downn wardly converging arms carrying said shade The l on their upper ends and of a lovver and middle clamping portion. which is bent to correspond to the periphery of said cylindrical device, said clamping portion comprising a pair of open loops extending to-v ward each other Without touching, a lower pair .of loops extending away from each other and a curved lower member 1l oonneeting said lower loops and partly oomposed of portions of them, the said clamping portion fitting resiliently on approxi mately one half of the periphery of said cylindrical part and holding the shade detachably in position above said device,

though also permitting the shade to be 1,5

THoMAs D. FINIZIO.

Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARvIs, MAURIoE BLOCK. 

